Saudi Arabia’s Dammam 7 Petrochemical has doubled the scope of its planned acrylic acid and acrylates complex at Jubail in the kingdom. A source tells MEED that the move will push the budget of the ...

Exactly 80 years ago, in March of 1938, a Saudi Bedouin named Khamis bin Rimthan helped an American petroleum geologist to find the kingdom’s first oil well, known as ‘Dammam No. 7’.

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Saudi Arabia's Dammam 7 Petrochemicals has secured propylene supplies for its planned acrylic acid and acrylates petrochemical complex at Jubail, and hopes to begin construction soon. "We have secured ...

It took five more years of looking, but on 3 March 1938, the “Dammam 7” well struck oil. Within three weeks, it had produced over 100,000 barrels. At first, the oil was transported by barge to ...

At 55.4 petaflops of peak performance, Dammam 7 is among the top ten most powerful supercomputers in the world. The system was built by Cray, a subsidiary of HPE. A CS-Storm supercomputer, it features ...

It was announced that Dammam 7 has chosen LP Oxo Selector 30 Technology with Normax Catalyst for the new Jubail facility. "In evaluating various technology options, we sought an Oxo process that ...